Orthopedic Surgeon

Farmington, Maine

Full Time

MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta Maine is seeking a fulltime Orthopedic surgeon to work in Farmington Maine at Franklin Community Health Network. The Farmington team has two other physicians, an experienced PA, and a podiatrist. The selected candidate will share call and work collaboratively with another private based orthopedic surgeon in Farmington.

The Orthopedic program at Farmington includes state of the art join replacements, including total knee and hip replacements, carpal tunnel release, joint arthroscopy, fracture reductions and foot and hand surgery. There is a diverse physical rehab and sports medicine department as well as a sports medicine clinic. The position offers teaching opportunities of medical students, as Franklin Memorial Hospital is one of the teaching sites for Maine Medical Center -Tufts University Medical School program.

About Maine General Medical Center

Live and work amidst the beauty of scenic central Maine where you’re just a short drive away from ski resorts, lakes and rivers, award-winning golf courses, abundant hiking, and the beautiful Maine coast. We’re located just an hour north of Portland, Maine’s largest city, and three hours from Boston.

Opened in 2013, the new, state-of-the-art, 192-bed MaineGeneral Medical Center at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services for the surrounding communities. We provide a wide range of high-quality acute care, inpatient and outpatient hospital services and programs. Completely renovated in 2014, MaineGeneral’s Thayer Center for Health, located in Waterville, is the largest, most comprehensive outpatient center in Maine

MaineGeneral Medical Center’s Harold Alfond Center for Cancer Care is a proud partner of the MaineHealth Cancer Care Network, a coordinated system of care with the support of the Harold Alfond Foundation and in affiliation with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. The HACCC is the leader in cancer care in the Kennebec Valley and beyond and has two new linear accelerators. In 2019, the HACCC became one of the first 16 cancer practices in the United States – and the first in Maine – recognized by the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI®) certification program, and was recertified in 2016.

MaineGeneral also exclusively sponsors the Augusta-based Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, an accredited 10-10-10 unopposed family medicine residency program with advanced training opportunities in geriatric medicine, sports medicine, osteopathic neuromusculoskeletal medicine, and clinical education for medical students. MDFMR is a well-established, independent, accredited three-year program providing both osteopathic and allopathic training.

For more information on the communities surrounding MaineGeneral’s Augusta, Maine campus, please visit the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce (https://www.augustamaine.com/)

For more information on the communities surrounding the Thayer Center for Health, please visit the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce (https://www.midmainechamber.com/)

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